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it's time for mass panic Mac computers are under attack from ransomware I'm Bridget Carey this is your CNET update it was only a matter of time but now Mac computer users need to watch out for a pretty serious malware attack that's designed to hold the computer for ransom locking up files and programs until the owner pays up to the bad guys Mac's tend to have a reputation for being safer than PCs because you don't hear about the big threats hitting Mac but with Mac's becoming more popular the threats are changing and you can't assume everything is safe security researchers discovered what they believe is the first ever ransomware attack for Apple devices and it's being spread through torrenting software now most people use torrents to download illegal pirated media so if you don't pay for your content you may get more than you bargained for downloader beware and times are changing for an app that had everyone buzzing a year ago the app meerkat jump-started the trend of live-streaming video on your phone and sharing it easily with everyone on your social network but now a year later meerkat is giving up on live streaming instead it's launching something called a video social network things began to go downhill from meerkat when Twitter blocked streams from being easily shared and then Twitter launched his own version called periscope which is now more popular Facebook even has its own live video broadcast tool we'll just have to wait and see what new form meerkat will take as it evolves and another app that evolved to stay alive is the people app remember back in October people call this as the Yelp for people the internet cried out in horror as a network for reviewing people where you can't control what is said about you would be the worst thing ever and promote online abuse and bullying and destroyed lives well the app finally launched for iOS but the creators made a few adjustments for now you have to sign up for someone to post a review about you and you have to approve everything that's posted to your profile so why even bother writing negative reviews well one of the creator's told the Calgary Herald that there will be a paid feature coming soon called the truth license paid accounts can see every review even the hidden ones it's like LinkedIn recommendations but the paid users will see the reviews you didn't want anyone to see that is assuming you even want to join this thing and a quick update on a story in our last show Amazon removes some encryption from the fire operating system which is on Kindle tablets making Kindles less secure but after much outcry Amazon announced it will add encryption back in an update in the next few months so we'll keep you posted that's it for this tech news update and you can head to cnet.com for more from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey